I've got a few plans and visions, but my only true design decision is to keep it fun and accessible. A few of us were at Playful on Friday. There were a number of great talks, but one of the themes that stood out for me was gamification , as elaborated on by Sebastien Deterding in his talk. Whoever *must* play, *cannot* play. MORE >>

want to develop and execute a social media plan on the cheap - for Long Beach Opera , where I'm a board member. So let me work this out in public a bit. So I thought it'd be interesting to track what I'm trying to do, what I do, and how it works. What are the goals? How will we do this? Well for starters, here are the goals I'd start with. MORE >>

Felix Gillette at Businessweek recently provided a comprehensive article on the social media director movement. Many firms are looking for them. Felix writes, “in Las Vegas, Harrah's Entertainment recently circulated a job listing for a "corporate social media rock star." However, much of the ROI here is anecdotal.   MORE >>

The 2010 WOW List! That’s it for our goals and results for 2010. As I look back at my WOW post from last year, I noted that 2010 would be the year when Creating the Future “moves out of the nest we created through our consulting firm, to spread its wings as its own tax exempt organization. The Goals. Louis. Is that not amazing? MORE >>

Here are more 2010 predictions.   It predicts that 2010 will be the year of the smartphone surge. There is also the numbers to pressure mobile carriers to cut costs across plans.   I appreciate receiving a review copy. This compares with general consumers usage at 78% with mobile phones and 11% with smart phones. MORE >>